Life on the Mississippi

Produktdetails

Verlag

The Floating Press

Erschienen

2011

Sprache

English

Seiten

454

Infos

454 Seiten

ISBN

978-1-77651-803-6

Hauptbeschreibung

Before his literary career took off and he emerged as one of America's foremost men of letters, Mark Twain worked as a steamboat pilot in the antebellum South and Midwest. This fascinating account offers a brief history of commercial boating in the period and a probing, insightful, and eminently entertaining look at Twain's own experiences.

Kurztext / Annotation

Before his literary career took off and he emerged as one of America's foremost men of letters, Mark Twain worked as a steamboat pilot in the antebellum South and Midwest. This fascinating account offers a brief history of commercial boating in the period and a probing, insightful, and eminently entertaining look at Twain's own experiences.